'''Belen''' (born {{FA|292}}) was the younger son of [[Bëor|Bëor the Old]] and the father of [[Beldir]], an ancestor of [[Beren|Beren Erchamion]], the great hero of the First Age.<ref name="WJ">{{HM|WJ}}, p. 231</ref>

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'''Belen''' (born {{FA|292}}) was the younger son of [[Bëor|Bëor the Old]].

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== History ==

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Belen was born three years after [[Baran]], who inherited the title of family head from his father. Belen fathered [[Beldir]], and was an ancestor of [[Beren|Beren Erchamion]].<ref name=WJBeor/>

== Genealogy ==

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In the introduction to ''[[The Grey Annals]]'', [[Christopher Tolkien]] stated that they were written in the 1930s.<ref>{{WJ|P1}}, p, 3</ref> This work was laid aside while [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] wrote ''The Lord of the Rings'', after which he returned to his work on the elder days. In his later writings Tolkien relocated the coming of the [[Edain]] over the [[Blue Mountains]] nearly a century earlier, which occasioned a large-scale overhaul of the chronology and genealogies.<ref>{{WJ|14}}, ''The new genealogies of the Edain'', p. 229</ref>

In the introduction to ''[[The Grey Annals]]'', [[Christopher Tolkien]] stated that they were written in the 1930s.<ref>{{WJ|P1}}, p, 3</ref> This work was laid aside while [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] wrote ''The Lord of the Rings'', after which he returned to his work on the elder days. In his later writings Tolkien relocated the coming of the [[Edain]] over the [[Blue Mountains]] nearly a century earlier, which occasioned a large-scale overhaul of the chronology and genealogies.<ref>{{WJ|14}}, ''The new genealogies of the Edain'', p. 229</ref>

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In the older ''Grey Annals'' Bëor was followed by his sons [[Bregolas]] and [[Barahir]]. In the new version four generations were inserted between Bëor and the brothers Bregolas and Barahir. Along with this change '''Belen''' was added as the ancestor of Beren.<ref>{{WJ|14}}, ''(i) The House of Bëor''</ref>

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In the older ''Grey Annals'' Bëor was followed by his sons [[Bregolas]] and [[Barahir]]. In the new version four generations were inserted between Bëor and the brothers Bregolas and Barahir. Along with this change ''Belen'' was added as the ancestor of Beren.<ref name=WJBeor>{{WJ|14}}, ''(i) The House of Bëor''</ref>

Genealogy

Other Versions of the Legendarium

In the introduction to The Grey Annals, Christopher Tolkien stated that they were written in the 1930s.[2] This work was laid aside while J.R.R. Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings, after which he returned to his work on the elder days. In his later writings Tolkien relocated the coming of the Edain over the Blue Mountains nearly a century earlier, which occasioned a large-scale overhaul of the chronology and genealogies.[3]

In the older Grey Annals Bëor was followed by his sons Bregolas and Barahir. In the new version four generations were inserted between Bëor and the brothers Bregolas and Barahir. Along with this change Belen was added as the ancestor of Beren.[1]